2026 Summer Internship Program: Vaccine Business Unit Product Operations Assay Development Intern

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Job Description

Vaccine Business Unit (VBU) Product Operations Assay Development plays a critical role in vaccine manufacturing by providing analytical methodologies that measure the quality attributes of vaccine products throughout the manufacturing process. Critical quality attributes that are measured include safety, identity, purity and potency, as well as product specific molecular characterization. We collaborate closely with global vaccine quality to deliver analytical methodologies and support analytical testing at GMP quality control laboratories.

Enhanced analytical development is a systematic way of developing and refining knowledge of an analytical procedure and demonstrating procedure understanding. In addition to the minimal approach, an enhanced approach may include conducting an analytical method risk assessment and evaluating prior knowledge to identify the analytical procedure parameters that can impact performance of the procedure, as well as conducting uni- and multi-variate experiments and/or modeling to explore ranges and interactions between identified analytical procedure parameters (ICH Q14 Guideline on analytical procedure development). This project is intended to support enhanced analytical development for one or more analytical methodologies in development supporting the analytical lifecycle management of a commercial vaccine.

How You Will Contribute:

As a VBU Product Operations Assay Development Intern, under the manager’s supervision, you will have the opportunity to…

• Plan and execute wet-lab experiments

• Analyze data

• Interpret and present results and conclusions to the larger development team

• Use findings to inform further development strategy and/or finalize analytical procedure operating parameters

Internship Development Opportunities:

• Hands on experience across different types of analytical methodologies/technologies (i.e. molecular, immunoassay, cell-based)

• Gain real-world experience developing analytical methodologies in a team environment for a commercial vaccine

• Mentorship from experienced analytical scientists in the vaccine industry

Job Requirements:

• This position will be in person and require 5 days/week in Cambridge, MA

• Must be pursuing a Bachelors Degree in biology, chemistry, biochemistry, or another relevant field

• Basic experience in a research laboratory, including usage of micropipettes

• Willingness to wear appropriate PPE to meet safety requirements while working in a BSL-2 environment

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively as a collaborative team member

For Location:

Boston, MA

U.S. Hourly Wage Range:

$21.00 - $46.00

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Locations

Boston, MA

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Paid Intern (Fixed Term) (Trainee)

Time Type

Full time

Job Exempt

No

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